Stand for ice-coolers



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. R. W. BIRDSELL.

STAND FOR ICE GOOLERS.

No..568,396. Patented Sept. 29,1896.

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Y R. W. BIRDSELL. STAND FOR 1GB GOOLERS.

Patented Sept. 29, 1896.

' manna NITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH V. BIRDSELL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STAND FOR ICE-COOLERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 568,396, dated September 29, 1896.

' Application filed May 28, 1896. Serial No. 593,377. (No made.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, RUDOLPH W. BIRDSELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports or Stands for Ice-Coolers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the construction and arrangement of the sup-v port or stand for an ice-cooler.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a support or stand for an ice-cooler, in which the parts are readily detachable and provided with a standard adapted to lock with the upper frame or rest for the cooler and the same connected through the standard by means of a hollow tie-rod with the base, so as to establish a rigid connection of the said three members one with the other, as well as through said tie-rod providing the means wherethrough the waste from the cooler is conveyed to the receiver connected with the base, or through suitable connections at some distance therefrom.

My invention, stated in general terms, consists of a stand or support for an ice-cooler constructed and arranged as hereinafter described and claimed.

The nature and characteristic features of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a support or stand for an ice-cooler embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view of the stand or support. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the stand or support of the cooler detached. Fig. 4 is a top or plan View of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an elevational view of the ornamental standard, tubular tierod, and its nut. Fig. 6 is 'a side elevational view of the baseof the stand or support, and Fig. 7 is a top or plan view of Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the support or stand for an ice-cooler of my invention, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1.

A is the upper frame or rest for the cooler, provided with a receptacle a, the rear walls of which taper and terminate in a circular opening (F. The wall of this opening a is threaded to receive a tubular tie-rod B, complementally threaded externally at its'respective ends to engage at the upper end thereof the wall of the opening a of the upper frame or rest A, and at the bottom with the wall of an opening 0 of a base 0, as illustrated in Figs. 2, 6, and 7, wherein is adapted to be mounted a receptacle or dish 01.

D is-an ornamental standard for the two members A and O, and adapted to be brought into locking engagement one with the other, for example,in the manner illustrated in Figs. 2 and 5, by the provision of rims and lugs d and d at the respective ends of the standard to engage a recessed rim on the under side of the rest A and upper end of the base 0.

The tubular tie-rod B extends through the top of the base 0, and is fastened securely in position to the same by means of a nut 19, whereby a substantial and reliable stand or support for an ice-cooler is provided, with the hollow tie-rod B performing a twofold function, that is, a means for fastening the standard D to the rest A, base 0, and also a means through which the waste from the cooler flowing into the tapering receptacle a of the rest A is conducted therefrom through the said opening a and the hollow tie-rod B, either directly into the receptacle or pan d, detachably mounted in the base 0 of the appliance, as shown in Fig. 2, or through the elbow f and pipe connection f into a receptacle remote thereto.

It may be here remarked that for the purpose of shipment, as well as for insuring more effective action of the use of stands or supports for ice-coolers,the arranging of the parts so as to be readily detachable and to occupy a small compass or space is one of the advantages of the appliance of my invention, and another advantage is that in the use thereof the waste water isalways conducted through the standard directly into the body of the receptacle or pan cl, and not over the outer surface thereof, as hitherto was the case.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

In a support or stand for ice-coolers,'the upper frame or rest having a tapering recep- ICO tacle for the drip inclining toward the center and lower portion of the rest, a lower member or base, a standard provided at each end with standard and base in operative position, sublugs adapted to detachably secure the standstantially as described.

ard to the upper frame and to the base and a In testimony whereof I have hereunto set tubular tie-rod traversing the standard vermy signature in the presence of two subscrib- 5 ticall y, the upper end of the rod being secured ing witnesses.

to the upper frame or rest at the discharge 1 end of the drip-opening and the lower end of RUDOLPH BIRDSLLL' the rod being secured to the base, said rod \Vitnosses: constituting an overflow from the drip-recep- J. \VALTER DOUGLASS, IO tacle and a tie to secure the upper frame, THOMAS M. SMITH. 

